Cape Cod and the Islands · MA
Woods Hole
A world capital of ocean science, at the Vineyard ferry dock.
- Population
- 834 (2020 census)
- Fisheries lab
- 1871
- Current in the Hole
- Nearly 4 knots
Then
- 1871
The federal fisheries station opens, starting the Woods Hole science community.
- 1888
The Marine Biological Laboratory is founded.
- 1930
The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is established, now the largest independent ocean research center in the country.
Now
The Hole, the strait between Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound, runs at nearly four knots. Steamship Authority ferries leave for Martha's Vineyard, and the rest of Falmouth's shore shares this stretch.
5 tide stations around Woods Hole
- Oceanographic Institutionin town
- Little Harbor0.6 mi
- Uncatena Island (south side)1.9 mi
- Falmouth Heights4.3 mi
- Chappaquoit Point, West Falmouth Harbor5.5 mi